Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law (MPPAL) School of Public Policy & Administration

1. Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law (MPPAL)School of Public Policy & Administration • The MPPAL is an interdisciplinary program designed primarily to provide people working in the public sector with the skills needed for effective public administration and public policy analysis, with an emphasis on the themes of constitutional and administrative law, social justice, and public sector ethics. • Most students take the program part-time over 2 years – one evening a week and one Saturday a month. • 25 students are admitted each year for courses at our downtown campus (near gov’t offices), and 25 are admitted each year for courses here on the Keele campus.

2. Three Types of MPPAL Students • The admissions process for the MPPAL program at York is competitive. We look for candidates who hold an undergraduate honours degree from a recognized university, with a minimum B+ average in the last two years of study, and a minimum of five years work experience in a relevant public sector management, administrative, or supervisory position. • The program will also consider candidates who have completed an undergraduate honours degree with a minimum grade point average of A in the final two years, and who have less than five years work experience. Preference will be given to students who have completed a bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Public Administration, or in Political Science with an emphasis on public administration. • At the discretion of the selection committee, in exceptional circumstances, students who have completed a three-year undergraduate degree with a minimum grade point average of B+ and have significant work experience may be recommended for admission to the program.

3. The Executive Style Program The MPPAL is offered as a part-time executive or professional development program, allowing you to pursue a degree and enhance your career prospects while continuing to work full-time. An intensive course structure allows you to study with much less time away from work than most other master’s programs demand, and prepares you to apply what you are learning to your current position immediately. Equipping students with the contemporary skill sets they need to meet the demands of today’s society. It draws on the strengths of an interdisciplinary faculty from across York University, including the Atkinson Faculty, Glendon College, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Faculties of Arts and Environmental Studies. Our professors are renowned scholars with research strengths in a wide range of areas, including public sector ethics, change management, labour relations, public sector finance, and constitutional and administrative law. In addition to their academic research and teaching, many of our faculty have significant public sector experience

4. My Thesis On The Import Of Pubic Administration And Public Policy • Global Modernity Canada is facing public policy challenges of unprecedented scale and complexity new approaches to ‘industrial’ and ‘economic’ and ‘human resource’ planning  increased emphasis on the role of public administration specialists and public policy analysts. • Responding to these challenges/complexities will take a fresh approach – one that asks the right questions, engages a range of people, and focuses on realistic and creative solutions • The critical organizational and governance challenges of global modernity, which is the challenge of a systematic and analytic application of administrative sciences to public policy needs and reforms: i) Facilitating a minimum dislocation (in a rapidly changing world) and maximum productivity in workplace. ii) Balancing public sector/corporate governance and social responsibility.

5. Opening Up Cities To The World • With Globalization, and the emergence of capital internationalization there has been a corresponding role of government the management of society. • One of the feature of the MPPAL is that students are already workingprofessionals, and there is a recognition among municipal, provincial and federal governments of the need to ensure that the public service reflects the people they serve. • The MPPAL provides substantive knowledge but also equips professionals to be global citizens and public servants equipped with international, and multicultural competence (equipped to interact and engage with transnationals who now call Canada their home, and international peoples abroad – as governments make links with countries abroad – economic, political, social and culturally.

6. MPPAL Curriculum MPPAL COURSES cover the essential curriculum that forms the core of any public policy and administration program, but they also include substantial original content focused on a more comprehensive consideration of social justice issues, public law, administrative law, public sector ethics, and human rights. Students move through three conceptual modules, with 9 credits in each: • Public Management and Finance; • Law, Administration and Ethics; and • Public Policy Analysis. Each module must be completed in its entirety. The last module provides students with the option of completing a research paper or a public policy issue development course. Students normally progress as a cohort. The specific order in which courses are taught may vary from year to year. However, students must complete the Research Methods and Information Systems and Program Evaluation and Public Policy Analysis courses in Module 3 before embarking on the Major Research Paper.

7. The MPPAL Modules • The Public Management and Finance module emphasizes the skills, knowledge, and behaviours that are essential to an effective lower-middle level public sector manager. These include a firm understanding of the basics of public administration, as well as effective change management, leadership, human resources management, public finance, and accountability mechanisms. • The Law, Administration, and Ethics module is designed to provide students with the tools to deal competently with legal and ethical matters in public affairs. • The Public Policy and Analysis module is designed to provide students with a firm understanding of the skills of program evaluation, and with relevant analytical tools regarding public policy development and the public policy cycle.

8. MPPAL Courses Module 1: Public Management and Finance PPAL 6000 3.0 - Public management PPAL 6010 3.0 - Leadership and human resources Management PPAL 6020 3.0 - Public finance and accounting Module 2: Law and Ethics PPAL 6100 3.0 - Canadian constitutional and administrative law PPAL 6120 3.0 - Ethics, privacy, and access to information PPAL 6130 3.0 - Equity, policy, law and planning Module 3: Public Policy and Analysis PPAL 6200 3.0 - Research methods and information systems PPAL 6210 3.0 - Program evaluation and public policy analysis PPAL 6230 3.0 - Topics in public policy or PPAL 6250 3.0 – Major research paper

9. My Action Plan For The Program 1) York's MPPAL will provide you with the competencies and professional opportunities that a graduate degree brings, as well as prepare you to be an influential voice in your chosen career. 2) It will also allow you to build new business relationships and opportunities by creating value chains/value networks. Professional development programming will strengthen the interface between the School and the public sector. Focus On Student Activity, Associations, Alumni [A] Networking Opportunities; [B] Professional Development Workshops; And [C] Speakers Series About The Issues Facing Public Sector Workers And Administrators//Critical Public Policy Challenges.